Assume the owners drive those vehicles 10,000 miles a year [I'm told the average car in the United States is driven somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 miles a year; but 10,000 makes for easy math]. . . . That means Toyotas are logging more than 85 billion miles a year in the U.S. - 850 billion miles during the last 10 years.

So divide 34 deaths into 850 billion miles, and the odds of a Toyota owner having one of these accidents is one in 2.5 million [miles]. . . That's a random event. . . .

You're more likely to get killed by lightning: 60 people died from lightning in the U.S. just last year.

Assume the owners drive those vehicles 10,000 miles a year [I'm told the average car in the United States is driven somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 miles a year; but 10,000 makes for easy math]. . . . That means Toyotas are logging more than 85 billion miles a year in the U.S. - 850 billion miles during the last 10 years.

So divide 34 deaths into 850 billion miles, and the odds of a Toyota owner having one of these accidents is one in 2.5 million [miles]. . . That's a random event. . . .

You're more likely to get killed by lightning: 60 people died from lightning in the U.S. just last year.